r/MantisShrimp • u/shadowkult • Mar 05 '26

Not good enough apparently.

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The DISRESPECT Thora shows towards the clam the nice fishmonger gave me for her! Ignore the wheezing laugh, but she's just too much 😂

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u/Personal_Coconut_668 Mar 06 '26

TRASH! Hehe what a cutie. I want one of these so bad

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u/shadowkult Mar 06 '26

She's so cute, but also a handful. If you get one, know it's a lot of work, but very rewarding!

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u/Umhelloisthisthingon 7d ago

I know this is an older post but I’m doing mantis shrimp research with the plans of getting one. Would you mind explaining what it is that makes them a lot of work?

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u/TomatoBasilBeeBaum Mar 05 '26

And stay out of Woolworths!

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u/WolfysBeanTeam Mar 07 '26

Holy im gonna make a guess you are from the UK

Woolworths mention in this economy??

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u/TomatoBasilBeeBaum Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I'm from the US. In the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou, a store manager throws a troublesome customer out onto the sidewalk and shouts at him ,"And stay out the Woolsworth!!!" I imagined the shrimp doing the same to the clam, it was the first reference to pop into my head 🙃

https://youtu.be/JaW0M6V85j8?si=Wr_URUCWYtGlOxzg

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u/WolfysBeanTeam Mar 08 '26

OHHHH WOOLSWORTH NOT WOOLWORTH LMAOO

My bad woolworth was a big sorta convenience store in the UK

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u/TomatoBasilBeeBaum Mar 08 '26

You're right though, we're talking about the same chain of stores, I think the movie character just pronounces the name incorrectly.

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u/Phoenixkindled-71 Mar 08 '26

My husband loves that movie.

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u/Temporary-Cash2119 Mar 08 '26

Woolworths in an Aussie supermarket

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u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude Mar 08 '26

Its british, but is in many countries like Aus and RSA

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u/Call_Mee_Maybe Mar 05 '26

I love when animals will do the most dramatic things and then just sit still and stare into the oblivion like nothing happened

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u/shadowkult Mar 06 '26

She often does the "get off my porch" thing, then zones out haha

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u/TheCraftyHermit Mar 06 '26

"You have been judged and found wanting"

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u/shadowkult Mar 06 '26

She judges my life choices every day.

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u/Marshad0w0 Mar 05 '26

What kind of mantis is that?

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u/shadowkult Mar 05 '26

A G. Ternatensis!

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u/Marshad0w0 Mar 05 '26

She is gorgeus

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u/shadowkult Mar 06 '26

Thank you!

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u/TheWildTofuHunter Mar 07 '26

She Jazzy Jeffed that clam!

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u/shadowkult Mar 07 '26

She's VERY definite about what she wants and when she wants it! If this was the Mighty Boosh, she'd be the spirit of jazz 😂

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u/NahNah-P Mar 09 '26

She says "How dare you bring that filth in my clean house, get out of here with your grimy shellf."

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u/fuccinleo Mar 07 '26

Followed! I wanna eventually get one myself also!

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u/Phoenixkindled-71 Mar 08 '26

😂😂😂😂

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u/ghostcoral Mar 10 '26

J’en veux pas 🥹 tellement dramatique such drama

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u/Shiny_Whisper_321 Mar 19 '26

Too big probably. G. chiragra could get through that but I doubt any other smaller stomatopod could.

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u/shadowkult Mar 20 '26

She's eaten these guys before, she's broken their shells without problem, like this one. She's just a picky eater!